I902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



505 



forest conditions. The cutting in the 

 famous "Copper Queen" case, which 

 was decided recently in favor of the com- 

 pany, took place in theChiricahua Moun- 

 tains 7 to 1 2 3-ears ago, and the cut-over 

 area is completely skinned. Much of 

 the available timber has been cut in the 

 Graham Mountains, but more can be 

 reached by road-building. The forest 

 in the Santa Catalinas is nearly intact, 

 because there are no good roads. 



Repeated fires have swept over the 

 Grahams and Huachucas, but they are 

 less frequent now than in the days of 

 Apache warfare, though still much too 

 common. Insect pests are not danger- 

 ous, and only one tree ^vas seen which 

 seemed to have been killed outright by 

 bark-borers. A parasite {P/iomdendron 

 junipcrum) is sometimes found growing 

 upon the Bull Pine, but is not serious. 

 In some localities a species of Arcen- 

 ihobiinn abounds, and the pine is quite 

 badly infested with it. 



The recent establishment of forest 

 reserves in all of these regions except 

 the Huachucas is an excellent move. 

 While a conservative management of 

 these reserves will not permit enough 

 timber cutting to fully suppb' local 

 needs, the timber that can be taken out 

 will keep down to a reasonable figure 

 the price of that which is brought in 

 from other sources. 



BI,ACK JACK TYPE OF THE BULL PINE. 



HUMANITARIAN ASPECT OF NATIONAL 



IRRIGATION. 



EXTRACT FROM AN ADDREvSvS DELIVERED BEFORE THE 

 DELEGATES TO THE TENTH NATIONAL IRRIGATION CON- 

 GRESvS, AT COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO., OCTOBER 6-9, 1902. 



BY 



THOMAS F. WALSH, 



PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION. 



THE inauguration of the national 

 irrigation policy means a great 

 deal to all our western states. It will 

 add immensel}' to their wealth and 

 population, and greatly broaden the 



basis of their prosperit5\ It means 

 even more to the nation as a whole. It 

 opens the way to a new era of internal 

 development and domestic expansion as 

 great as any similar period of the past. 



